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“The collapse of Berlin Wall in 1989 brought new ideas of co – operation in Europe.” Critically evaluate.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Unification of Europe

The Berlin Wall, erected in 1961 to stem the exodus from Communist East Berlin to the prosperous West, fell on 9 November 1989 — an event that has come to symbolise the end of the Cold War order in Europe.

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  • The Background to the Wall's Fall
  • German Reunification as the First Fruit of Cooperation
  • The End of Bloc Division and the Widening of Pan-European Cooperation
  • The Critical Counter-Case: Strains, Costs and New Divisions
  • Weighing the Evidence

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